MARKET REPORT SHOWS WIDE VARIETY OF FARM PRICES
General Farm Produce notes firm No 1 day at 17 50 18 for hay and various feeds, beans weak, York state peas hard to quote, evaporated apples steady, Florida oranges selling well. Poultry receipts light with modest demand, venison scarce, nuts mostly firm, coffee and sugar steady, tropical fruits quiet, whiskey steady, oils mixed, cotton futures firm with overall quiet trading and steady prices.
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Hoosac Tunnel
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Erie Canal
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Leland Line
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Board of Trade and Merchants Exchange
Massachusetts
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A. E. Ayer
Congress Street
M.C. Dermid & Co
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Centennial
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Thorne Creek
Murphy
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The
Guardian
Liverpool
Uplands
Orleans
Marcel
Maritime Cargo Whispers Across Ports
Readable entries show goods and commodities from ships and destinations including Durham City Glasgow Cardenas Liverpool and Sibe rian. Items listed cover lard beef pork flour wheat cheese apples and box goods with quantities such as 27 to 20,000 units, across London Hayti St John and Glasgow routes.
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London
Eng
Durham City
Jacobs
Anna L Taylor
ST John
RG Moran
Cardenas
Cuba
Boylston
Liverpool
Palestine
Glasgow
Scot
Halifax
Siberian
Inland Rail Goods Trade Ledger Itemization
A dense list records shipments across Maine and Lowell divisions, detailing quantities of wheat, corn, seeds, butter, eggs, apples, potatoes, hay, lumber, leather, hides, and other commodities. Entries propose weights, cases, and bags, plus vessel and rail references for multiple routes and firms.
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Boston and Albany Railroad
Grand Junction Railroad
Providence Railroad
St Cok Tolis
New York and
New England Railroad
Maine Rayroad
Maine Railroad
Lowell Railroad
Peabody, Saiem
Isxorester
Sea
Court Docket Highlights Personal Injury and Stock Dispute Cases
In a docket from South Boston, juries ruled for the defendant in Durmin vs Stetson over a fall at a lumber yard. Jacques vs Goff concerns $128 for 100 Hilton mining shares, with defendants denying sale and noting an insolvency discharge. Smith vs railroad and Hannah Smith vs same claim a right of way damaged by dug ditches, with trial pending. Manuel Fernandez vs Baker seeks $3000 for injuries on a schooner, while Goldman v Flynn involves furniture damage from a removal. Multiple cases listed for future sessions and other docket entries.
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Bacon
John Durmin
Alpheus M. Stetson
Boston
T. J. Morrison
N. Morse
H. G
William W. Jacques
Edward H. Goff
Hilton Mining and Milling Company
Edward H. Hastings
E. W. Cate
W. W. Gooch
Henry E. Smith
New York and New England Railroad Company
Hannah Smith
Columbia Street
John S. Eldredge
W.C. Loring and
Saltonstall
Knowlton
Manuel Fernandez
James Baker
William A. Crocker
G. M. Browne
T.J. Morrison
H. Dodge
Simon Goldman
David Flynn
Murray Place
Caine
F. S. Hesseltine
J. A. Maxwell
Court adjourns to February 24 in White et al v Flint
The court, after hearing White et al. v. Flint, adjourns to February 24. Remaining cases include see vs. Stritel 422, hildeth v. Morse 4142, Henry et al Rep v. 2072 Chase v. Tracy, Nutt 126 Southworth v. Ed 1665 Maguire Ass Rep v. Mends, Reed v. Harrington. No new cases will be set for trial this term.
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Brigham
White
Hildeth
Morse
Henry
Als
Chase
Tracy
Nutt
Southworth
Maguire
Mends
Park
Reed
Harrington
National Business Failures Reported for Week
R G Dun Co reports 253 U S and 37 Canada failures this week, total 290, up from 270 last week. Western southern and Pacific states bear most losses. eastern and middle states lighter. Notable cases include Crocker Brown tanners of Salem liable for 103000, insolvency petition against Minot Tirreil of Lynn, and Bangor bootmakers facing partial recoveries. creditors of Horace and Dana Goff estimated debt around 125000 to 130000 with 35 40 percent secured, assets mainly real estate. Debtor lists include James Hazeltine Concord attached, M Oysterman New Haven assigned, and several $50 000 contracts in Suffolk County real estate attachments.
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R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Pacific
Middle States
Crocker Brown, Tanners
Salem
Mass
H. Leonard & Co
Minot Tirreil
Lynn
W.F. Shaw
Boots and Shoes
Bangor
Ppa
L. F. Forrest & Co
A. H. Berry
Portland
Hayes & Young, Grocers
Lewiston
Horace
Dana Goff
Auburn
Dana
James Hazeltine
Concord
N. H
M. Oysterman
Cigars and Tobacco
New Haven
Conn
Philo
Bennett
Suffolk County
Daniel L. Demmon
Lewis Coleman
Same
John Shepard
George W. Hargrove
Stephen A. Buxton
Senate schedules and bills on telegraph firms and truancy
In the senate on Friday, Norris offered an order allowing the mercantile affairs committee to issue for papers in telegraph and telephone regulation. Root reported a bill to prevent enticing children to truancy. Scott reported a bill to permit interchanging services among certain courts. Petitions by Margaret Murphy and Alonzo Davis were acted on with different outcomes. Several bills and resolves moved through engrossment and accpeted reports, including school book dues abatement, armory rents, and station location disputes.
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Norris
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Root
Committee On
Education
Scott
Judiciary
Margaret Murphy
Alonzo Davis
Board of Assessors
Rutland
Ayer Savings Bank
Westport
Watertown
Cambridge
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Commissioners of Prisons
General Court
J. B. Marshall
William J. Balmer
Municipal Court
Brighton
Boston
Nathaniel W. Ladd
Milford
Committee On Banks
George F. Blake Manufacturing Company
Boston and Maine Railroad
Causeway Street
Haymarket Square
House debate on charter reform and liquor bills in springfield
The House discussed a judiciary committee report to amend Springfield’s charter to elect one alderman per ward and a bill to change venue in certain cases. Reports covered Brookline shade tree funding, road trips to Haverhill, and denial of secret sessions by the Finance Committee. Other items included liquor law actions, penalties for gambling near stations, and a tax on early Boston liquor sales. The day concluded with a postponed vote on Boston exemption and related amendments.
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Finance Committee
House
Judiciary Committee
Springfield
Committee On Towns
Brookline
Ettrick
Boston
Haverhill
Beard
State House
Elias Richards
Fannie Gill
Richard T. Noyes
Newbury
Eastern Railroad Company
Braintree
Rod and Gun Club
Icebound Vessels Off Nantucket Quay Suffer No Losses Yet
Revenue cutters Dexter and Gallatin aided six grounded schooners on Nantucket shoals amid ice and gale. Dolly Varden and Charles A. Ropes crews were rescued, while the other ships remained blocked, with no lives lost and damage to cargoes not yet estimable.
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United States
Dexter
Gallatin
Tuckernuck Bank
Nantucket
Bridgeham
Dolly Varden
Jonesboro
Charles A. Ropes
Lubec
Townsend
Ropes
Smith
Hunt
Nantucket Shoals
Hoboken
Boston
H. T. Townsend
Pembroke
New York
Sammy Ford
Lubee
Allen
Eastport
Alba
St. Johns
Linden
Calais
Thompson
Muskeget
Chas. A. Ropes
Weehauken
Confession Reopens Billy Patterson Mystery in Carnesville
John Dyer of Rabun County confessed on his deathbed to being present at the 60 year old row in Carnesville and to delivering the blow that struck Billy Patterson. Dyer died this week at 99, once feared by law, later a respected Rabun citizen, finally revealing the long kept secret.
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Clarkville
New York
Billy Patterson
Betsy Patterson
Carnesville
John Dyer
Halbersham County
Dyer
Rabun County
Bob Lincoln's Future in Chicago News Style
The Chicago News reports Bob Lincoln will leave the war department after March 4. He has earned a steady reputation as an executive officer through unpretentious work. Emerson noted his father’s distinction, and this son has grown to fit the era's needs with quiet competence.
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Incubus
McDonald, Mackin
The
Chicago News
Bob” Lincoln
War Department
Emerson
Abraham Lincoln
Robert T. Lincoln
An Old Merchant Recalls Boston's Early Commerce
To the Editor of the Boston Post the writer recalls 1825 onward Boston, describing Quincy Market foundation, early wharves and docks, and grain and fish firms. He notes lines of packets to Baltimore Philadelphia New York and Albany, pre railroad cargo, and the 6 hour Albany to Boston train era, ending with witnessing the Unicorn steamer and the ice cut.
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Boston Post
Evening Record
Boston
Quincy Market House
Market
Lewis Wharf
City Wharf
Wessels
Fife and Brown Wharf
Ann Street
E. & O. Munroe
Long Wharf
E. & O. Monroe
Nathaniel Vinal
Robert Vinal
John St. Edgerly
Hamilton Davidson
Geo. Ellis & Co
Thomas Kingsbury
Elisha Wheeler
Moses Clark
Charlestown
Wesson & Gerry
Cambridge
Thomas Hastings
Hastings & Dana
Otis Monroe
Commercial Street
Fife & Bown
Josh Lock
Ebenezer Nicholson
Josh Greem
J. M. Leavitt
Jonathan Lane
Eades
Isaiah Bangs
John F. Robinson
Robinson & Plumer
Greggs & Weld
Nathaniel Greggs
James Lincoln & Co
Parker & Swift
E. Williams & Co
Harvey Scudder & Co
Horace Scud
Custom House
Philadelphia Packets
Farrow & Williams
Station
Capt. Whitten
Hingham
Atlantic Avenue
State Street
Baltimore
Central Wharf
Albany
Commerce Street
Joshua Sears
Harris, Gray & Co
Billings & Marsh
J. & D. Goodman
South Boston
Federal Street
Boston and Albany
South Cove
George Ellis & Co
Front Street
Harrison Avenue
Boston Wharf Company
Boston and Albany Railroad
Liverpool
Boston Harbor
St Paul and Duluth Exhibit Shows 1884 Financials
The St Paul and Duluth railroad exhibit for 1884 reports net earnings and expenses. It details land and stumpage sales, total net receipts, gross income, and net income for the year, with dividends paid on preferred stock and year end balances. Also noted is the Portland and Ogdensburg railroad receiver General Anderson filing a quarterly report showing gross receipts and expenses for the quarter.
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Ccs
Cocks Usbesseecssp
Taylor’s Falls
Portland and Ogdensburg
Gen. Anderson
Supreme Court
Portland
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Maine Central RR
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Otis Co
American Electric Aluminating Co
Union Telephone Co
Boston and Maine RR Co
Oregon
Fort Scott
Brice
Evans & Son
Equitable Building
Murdock
Surgical Hospital
No.30
Leverett Street
Mount Hore
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Devonshire Streets
J. W. Bradley & CO
Summer Street
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Reade Street
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Leonard St
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John C. Wilmerding
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Townsend & Vacate
Leonard Street
Philadelphia
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Market St
Oo Lppincoit
SON & CO
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E. G. Lucas
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